Mention AI to some people, and they may think of sentient, all-knowing computers intent on destroying human life. Mention to researchers who have submitted a manuscript to a journal that AI may help evaluate their Read More
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Research on the housing affordability problem is abundant. But a compilation of this research shows that it has been challenging to even define the term ‘housing affordability,’ given the nuances of the concept. Much of Read More
Preprints refer to scientific manuscripts uploaded on public servers, which are freely available for the world to view and comment on. However, preprints often fail the quality and trust test as they are not subject Read More
With ‘Trust’ being the central theme of this year’s Peer Review Week, I would like to pose a question to you: what makes you trust a piece of scientific literature? Is it a research Read More
The theme of Peer Review Week 2020 is Trust in Peer Review, and this topic is more important than ever with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world. The idea is to understand how top peer Read More
The refrain of “peer review is broken” or “science is broken” is slowly reaching a crescendo. Concomitant with the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an “infodemic,” replete with unfortunate accounts of retractions in journals of Read More
When it comes to science and research, English has been established as the language of communication. Most top peer-reviewed journals are published in English, with more than 90% of the indexed scientific articles in the natural Read More
As naïve graduate students, many of us are trained to perceive the peer review process as fundamental to scientific publishing, a check on research to ensure the highest quality papers are published. However, within 10 Read More
The raging pandemic has brought almost everything to a halt, including the scholarly publishing world and the way researchers conduct their research. As the world moves online, there is an added pressure for every player Read More
Editorial note: This article was originally published on The Conversation and has been reproduced here. It has been been written by Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW. The article is Read More